tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30384654.post1530739029727326247..comments2015-03-25T14:38:54.558-04:00Comments on The Accidental Genealogist: Are You Seeing Double?Lisa A. Alzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18143949649675876176noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30384654.post-52038891364706464252009-09-06T17:56:27.791-04:002009-09-06T17:56:27.791-04:00I never thought about the possibility that someone...I never thought about the possibility that someone else could use the same name for a blog, and I never checked Google to see if someone else was already blogging under the same title as the one I planned to use.<br /><br />But even securing a URL at WordPress or LiveJournal or Blogger doesn&#39;t prevent someone else from giving their blog the same title as another blog. I think the only way to prevent that from happening would be to trademark the name of the blog.Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03008328069400789377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30384654.post-43976931297134711532009-09-05T09:54:59.488-04:002009-09-05T09:54:59.488-04:00Neither did I...so you could imagine my surprise w...Neither did I...so you could imagine my surprise when I learned about it. A bit of research--even just a Google search--would have shown that someone (me) had already been blogging using the name.Lisa A. Alzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18143949649675876176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30384654.post-41680600319261174942009-09-05T09:40:35.839-04:002009-09-05T09:40:35.839-04:00I never even thought about the fact that someone c...I never even thought about the fact that someone could do that - thanks for pointing it out. I think I&#39;ll go sign up for a wordpress blog myself just so that I can still have &quot;my&quot; blog name.DianaRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05954839264299339937noreply@blogger.com